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Wine Peeps is an independent wine blog dedicated to helping you get the most bang for your buck in wine. We do this through blind tastings of wine from around the world and calculations of Quality-to-Price Ratios (QPRs). Because we are located in Seattle, Washington, we have a special interest in Washington State wines.

In the course of our wine journey, we also enjoy numerous wine-related activities such as traveling throughout wine country, visiting vineyards, reading wine books, and trying wine gadgets, all of which we share with our readers.

We had so much fun exploring new wines in our first Wine Century Club Tasting that we decided to do it again. We headed over to K&L Wine Merchants to order another case of wine (actually a bakerâ€™s dozen this time), each bottle containing at least one grape variety that we had not previously tasted.

We followed the same format as last time for the tasting. All four of us Wine Peeps got together one afternoon, put all 13 bottles out on the table and tasted them one-by-one, discussing them as we went.

Eleven out of the thirteen bottles we tried this time were white wines. Unfortunately, this set of wines was not as solid as the wines in the last tasting, but we did find four new wines that we would like to try again sometime.

All in all, it was another fun tasting! After checking off the boxes on our Wine Century list, Dad (John) and I both have now had over 100 different grape varieties. Itâ€™s time to turn in our applications for membership in the Wine Century Club.

Just because weâ€™ve officially met the requirements for our Wine Century lists doesnâ€™t mean that we are done trying new grape varieties. We have learned so much, discovered new wines, and uncovered some great values. Therefore, weâ€™ll remain on the lookout for new varieties to try.

The next time youâ€™re buying wine (in your local wine shop, online, or in a restaurant), consider trying something new and then come back and tell us about your experience.

Hereâ€™s a rundown of the wines that we tasted (regions listed in parentheses).

Reader's Comments

Congratulations on to you and your dad (John) on making the Century Club. My wife and I “completed” our journey late last year although like you said don’t stop 100. My wife (Carol Ann) met your dad on our recent trip through the Paso Robles area where we added another 7 varietals to raise our total to 108! It has been a wonderful journey and although we had to get through some pretty bad wines (nothing against the grape necessarily) we also found many new grapes that are now part of our regular wine selections.

I also wanted to ask you to pass on my thanks to your dad for taking the time to stop and give us the Wine Peeps business card when we met him (and your Mom?) at Adelieda Cellars. Ask him if he like the long TV story from the lady behind the counter. 🙂

I see at least 5 varietals in the wines you tasted above that we have not had so we still have lots to learn and experience!!